STRCMP
NAME
strcmp, strncmp - compare two strings
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
I int strcmp(const char * s1 , const char * s2 );
I int strncmp(const char * s1 , const char * s2 , size_t n );
DESCRIPTION
The
R strcmp ()
function compares the two strings s1 and
s2.
It returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater
than zero if s1 is found, respectively, to be less than,
to match, or be greater than s2.
The
R strncmp ()
function is similar, except it only compares
the first (at most) n characters of s1 and s2.
RETURN VALUE
The
R strcmp ()
and
R strncmp ()
functions return an integer
less than, equal to, or greater than zero if s1 (or the first
n bytes thereof) is found, respectively, to be less than, to
match, or be greater than s2.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
SEE ALSO